Therapy Assistant

3 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

A band 3 Therapy Assistant post opportunity has become available within Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust’s Leeds based Learning Disability Service. The role involves supporting learning disabled adults who require specialist health support due to their complex physical, sensory, communication and behavioural impairments.

The post isbased within East North East Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDT) working alongside and supporting the members of the full multi-disciplinary team - band 4 senior support workers, dietitians, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists. psychiatrists and speech and language therapists. The post works across a variety of settings including the CLDT office, service users’ homes, day placements as well as within a therapy base with a hydrotherapy, rebound therapy and therapy kitchen. The issue of a laptop and mobile phone also enables remote and hybrid working. Training will be offered under all clinical areas / arenas to support development into this role.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

Duties include.
- Under the guidance and supervision of the teams’ clinicians to carry a caseload taking responsibility for implementing and reinforcing health management care plans using a range of nursing and therapeutic techniques.
- To participate in health assessments and monitoring through pre-set directed observations and information gathering, liaising with service users and carers and other agencies.
- To provide and monitor the implementation of basic therapy equipment under the direction of a clinician.
- To support the checking, managing and session planning of the hydrotherapy and rebound specialist environments collaborating with the physiotherapists and senior support workers.

**Post requirements are**:
A keen interest or experience of supporting people with long term health care needs.

A keen interest or experience of supporting people with a learning disability.

Being able to travel around the city carrying equipment is essential.

Benefits to the post

The learning disability service has clear clinical governance pathways and supports professional and service development. Robust clinical and operational supervision structures are in place and peer support through weekly Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings as well as informal support from peers

For more information or to arrange a visit contact Anne Nestorenko or Sandra Bell.



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